Fourteenth Regiment. (Organized as Infantry but changed to Artillery.) The Fourteenth Regiment Massachusetts Volunteers, often called the "Essex Regiment," is composed entirely of companies from Essex County. The material of this regiment is equalled by few, if any, in the service, most of the companies having been formed immediately after the departure of the three months' troops, when an ardent patriotism had induced many of the most respectable and intelligent citizens to enlist, and when, also, recruits were so numerous, in proportion to the supposed wants of the service, that it was practicable to adhere strictly to the highest standard of physical requirements. After many weeks of fruitless efforts to obtain an acceptance of their services, the companies composing the Fourteenth Regiment were ordered, June 25th, to Fort Warren, and the organization immediately completed by the appointment of the regimental officers. The soldiers of this regiment deserved good officers, and, in the main, received them. Wm. B. Greene, appointed colonel, not only possessed the advantages of a military education at West Point, and considerable active service in the United States Army in Florida and elsewhere, but, in addition, several years' residence in Paris had afforded him unusual opportunities for observing the best appointed and disciplined troops of the French army. The promptness with which Col. Greene, on learning of the cowardly attack on Fort Sumter, left his luxurious foreign home and a life of ease, and volunteered his services in defence of the constitution of his country, was but an earnest of the self-denying zeal and alacrity characterizing his subsequent conduct, and which his potent precept and example have impressed thoroughly upon the entire regiment. Mustered into the service of the United States, July 5th, the regiment remained at Fort Warren until August 7th, when it left (in the darkness of a rainy midnight) for Harper's Ferry; but, on arriving at Baltimore, orders were found, changing the destination to Washington. The first public display of the characteristic “pluck "and promptness of the Fourteenth Regiment, since their having become, in the language of a high officer of the Regulars, "a proverb in the army," was the evening after their arrival, marching in obedience to orders, by mistake not countermanded, through Pennsylvania Avenue, singing "John Brown," in the midst of a terrific rain storm; and then supperless but cheerfully, late at night, bivouacking on the wet ground, covered only by the wetter clouds. After the regiment was formed in line, preparatory to the march, Col. Greene, although an invalid at the time, sent away his horse, and placing himself at the head of his regiment, on foot, led them through the drenching rain a long and weary march to the place designated, and took neither rest nor refreshment until every soldier of his command had been as well provided for as the circumstances would allow. A week afterwards, a reliable regiment was wanted to garrison Fort Albany on Arlington Heights, and though so recently arrived at the seat of war, the Fourteenth was selected for the responsible and honorable post; at that time an attack was considered imminent, and as Fort Albany completely commanded Washington, it was a position by no means free from danger. Shortly after, Fort Runyon, three-fourths of a mile nearer the Potomac, and the works defending the head of Long Bridge, as well as the Virginia half of the bridge itself, were added to the charge of the regiment. Having the care of fortifications, the Fourteenth Regiment has, from its first arrival, acted more as artillery than infantry, and that its progress in drill and discipline, and the performance of its large and responsible guard and garrison duty, including much labor in constructing fortifications, have been to the highest satisfaction of its superior officers, is proved, not only by their verbal and written assurances to that effect, but also by the more substantial fact that the regiment has been changed permanently to artillery. The new organization is modeled after the Fifth United States Artillery, allowing twelve companies or batteries, each consisting of one hundred and fifty-six rank and file, with one captain, two first and two second lieutenants, and allowing one major to each four batteries. As thus constituted and recruited up to the full standard, the Fourteenth will more nearly resemble a brigade than an ordinary volunteer regiment, as it will consist of nearly two thousand men. The following roster represents the regiment as it left Massachusetts, with most of the changes that had occurred in it up to Jan. 18, 1862. Sergeants. LEE R. WORCESTER, Ipswich, discharged Nov. 22, 1861. Guilford Elbridge W., Danvers, transferred Hobbs Valorous, Ipswich Gwinn William H., Ipswich, pro- Corporals. Watts James W., Ipswich Goss James W., Ipswich, promoted to sergeant Whipple Daniel M., Ipswich, dead Gorten Samuel, Hainilton, promoted to sergeant Noyes John W., Ipswich, dischar'd Capwell James W., Ipswich, discharged Musicians. Nichols Albert N., Ipswich Willard H., Lynn Wagoner. Crane Wm. P., Ipswich Privates. Andrews Stephen P., Essex Barker Owen, Lynn, transferred Buzzell Isaac, Ipswich Butler Pierce, Ipswich Beck Hardy M., Ipswich Brown Irving, Ipswich Durgin George C., Lawrence Estes William A., Ipswich Foss Jonathan F., Ipswich Hardy Freeman, Ipswich Holt Samuel, Lawrence, transfer'd Jewett Lorenzo T.. Ipswich Lavalette Pike N., Ipswich Lowry Geo, P., Kingston, N. H., discharged Lane Philip, Lynn McLaughlin William H., Boston. May Alonzo, Lawrence, disch'd Nichols Edward F., Ipswich, promoted to corporal Northend George H., Georgetown O'Brien John, Boston Patterson William, Ipswich Poor Benjamin L., Ipswich, promoted to corporal Poor Thomas W., Ipswich Shirley Reuben W., Ipswich Stone Charles J., Dorchester, discharged Stone William L., Ipswich Shehan William, South Danvers Shattuck James, Ipswich Sargent Kendall, Ipswich Sylvester B. P., Boston Thompson Ira, Rowley Trainer Thomas, Salem Tainter Willard H., Lawrence, promoted to corporal Terhune Henry, Ipswich Young Charles A., Dorchester Elworth J., Marblehead Company B, Methuen.-14th Reg. COMMISSIONED OFFICERS. Captain, LEVERETT BRADLEY, Methuen. JEREMY B. WARDWELL, Methuen, promoted to captain Co. I, Sept. 2, 1861. 1st Lieut., CHRISTOPHERS. HEATH, Methuen, promoted from 2d lieut., Sept. 10, 1861. Junior 1st Lieut., GEO. S. FOLLANSBEE, Lawrence, promoted from 2d, Jan. 18, 1862. 2d Lieut., SAMUEL C. HERVEY, Andover, promoted from Co. H, Jan. 18, 1862. Macgregor Alex., jr., Derry, N. H. Sawyer Samuel F., Methuen Snell John S., Methuen Troy James M., Methuen, regimental drummer Towle Van Buren L., Haverhill Thurlow Edwin, Haverhill Bradley Leverett, jr., Methuen Craig George, Andover, transferred from Co. H Conley Martin, Boston, transferred from Co. C Cusick William, Lawrence Lahey John, Stoneham, transferred from 13th Regiment Company C (Mechanic Phalanx), Lynn. - 14th Reg. COMMISSIONED OFFICERS. Captain, ALONZO G. DRAPER, Lynn. 1st Lieut., {J. M. OSGOOD, Haverhill, commissioned Jan. 18, 1862. 2d Lieut., JOSEPH H. SPARKS, discharged Dec. 20, 1861. NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS AND PRIVATES. Jeffers Wm. H., Lynn, discharged Bates Abel, Lynn Corporals. Wells Damon Y., Lynn Atherton Chas. H., Lynn Pendexter Chas. H., Lynn, promoted to sergeant Perkins Joseph G., Lynn, promoted to sergeant Parker Horace, Lynn Musicians. Brimblecom John W, Lynn Chard Edward, Boston Wagoner. Tarbox Wm. H., Lynn Abbott Geo. G., Lynn Breed Benj. M., Lynn, discharged Brown Thomas, Lynn Campbell John, Boston Chase Sam'l C., Lynn, discharged Conley Martin, Portland, Me., Chenoweth Hamilton J., Lynn Davis Frank, Lynn, promoted to corporal Dupar Wm. P., Lynn Fitzgerald Michael, Swampscott Hathaway Frank A., Lynn, promoted to corporal Heybourn Geo., Lynn, discharged Hobart James E., Randolph, pro- Jarvis Edmund B., Lynn Kenney James, Lynn, promoted to corporal Kenrick Stephen N., Lynn Kitchen Jos. D., Lynn, discharged Kent George, Lynn Knight Edward H., Lynn Linehan Patrick, Lynn Lewis Allen W., Lynn Lewis Nathan B., Lynn Locke Dan'l B., Lynn, discharged Mason Alpheus B., South Danvers Mason Charles, Lynn Nadell Paul, So. Braintree Parker Joseph, Lynn Noyes Alonzo M., Lynn Parrish Chas. H., Lynn Patterson Geo. A., Boston Parton Thos. J., Lynn Phillips John L., Lynn, discharged Perry Wm. H., Lynn Pierce Frederic F., Swampscott, discharged Poland Edmund C., Lynn Poland Horace J., Lynn Power John, Lynn Pool Charles, Randolph Pool Marcus M., Randolph Pratt Edwin F., Lynn Reed Freeman A., Lynn, left at Fort Warren Rhodes Leroy, Lynn Stimpson Edward A., Swampscott Skilton Asa D.. Lynn Scarborough Micajah, Lynn Stacy Charles I., Lynn Smith Thomas, Lynn, transferred to Co. F Tarbox Jonathan S., Lynn Tarbox David, Lynn Tuttle Edward, Lynn Twisden Thomas, Lynn Webber Ivory, Lynn Wells Joseph, Lynn Whitehead Jeremiah, So. Reading Widger Chas. H., Lynn, promoted to corporal Company D (Essex Cadets), Salem.-14th Reg. This company was recruited at Salem, under the name of "The Essex Cadets." The offi cers and many of the privates were members of the Salem Cadets. Recruiting for it com menced July 4, and it joined the regiment at Fort Warren, with full ranks, July 22. It is one of the best companies sent from Essex County. COMMISSIONED OFFICERS. Captain, SETH S. BUXTON, Salem. 1st Lieut., JAMES POPE, Salem; Junior 1st Lieut., FRANK W. TAGGARD, South Danvers, promoted from 2d, January 18, 1862. 2d Lieut., EDWARD HOBBS, Salem, promoted from sergeant, Jan. 18, 1862. Begg Wm. H., Salem Foss John G., Beverly, discharged Jeffs James M., Salem Mahoney John W., Salem Manning John H., So. Danvers Reeves Win. H., Salem, died Shove Wm. II., So. Danvers Skinner Emery B., Salem Usher Daniel R., Danversport Joined after regiment left Mas®. Tibbetts Wm. R., Salem Company E, Amesbury.-14th Reg. COMMISSIONED OFFICERS. Captain, JOSEPH W. SARGENT, Amesbury. 1st Lieut., WM. F. MARTIN, Amesbury; 2d Lieut., BENJ. C. ATKINSON, Amesbury. Sergeants. NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS AND PRIVATES. Thompson William G., Amesbury, Dorsett Wm. L., Amesbury Foss Geo. F., Amesbury Cartier Edward, Amesbury Prirates. Allen Webster, Amesbury Carter John H., Boston Chandler Nicholas W., Plaistow, N. H., discharged Crane William. Amesbury Cowdry Warren, Plaistow, N. H. Chaples Andrew F., Amesbury Chein John, Haverhill Christian Emmons B., Amesbury Foster Wm. P., Groveland Leach Abraham T., Newton, N.H. Lonagan Edward, New York, discharged Merrill John T., Amesbury McNanic John. Amesbury Mellinigan Michael, Dorchester McCabe John, Amesbury McKenney, Bernard. Lynn Nickett Joseph, South Kingston, Osgood Allen, Amesbury Roberts Wm. H., Lynn Severance Geo. P., Amesbury Spofford Nathan J., Amesbury Scott Jesse M., Amesbury, acci dentally shot while on guard Spear Samuel W., Boston Sylvester David, Amesbury Tuttle Wm. A., Lynn Tate James, Haverhill Woodard Thos. P., Haverhill Webster David R., Newton, N. H. Welch Chas. R., Haverhill Joined since regiment left Mass. Egland Edward, Musician Hunkins Horace, Haverhill McDonald Joseph Company F (Scott Guards), Lawrence.-14th Reg. COMMISSIONED OFFICERS. SAMUEL LANGMAID, Lawrence, discharged Jan. 8, 1862. Captain, JOSEPH W. KIMBALL, Lawrence, promoted from 1st lieut. Jan. 9, 1862. Senior 1st Lieut., RICHARD P. CUSHMAN, Haverhill, promoted from 2d lieut. Jan. 9, 1802. Junior 1st Lieut., JOHN H. GLOVER, promoted from sergt. Jan. 18. 2d Lieut., FRED W. STOWE, promoted from sergt. Co. A, 1st Reg. Jan. 18. Decker Peter, Lawrence Donovan Jerry F., Lawrence Holt Samuel, Lawrence Howe Dennis W., Lawrence Hail Abraham, Lawrence Irish Charles S., Lawrence Knowles Geo. F., Lawrence Marsh Aaron B., Brentwood, N. H. McKown John Y., Haverhill Parshley Chas. H., Haverhill Ryan James, Amesbury, deserted Company G, Marblehead. - 14th Reg. COMMISSIONED OFFICERS. Captain, BENJAMIN DAY, Marblehead. 1st Lieut., CHAS. P. NOYES, Marblehead. Eleazer, Tamworth, Junior 1st Lieut., BENJ. F. MARTIN, Marblehead, promoted from 2d, Jan. 18, 1862. Sergeants. NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS AND PRIVATES. Chinn Joseph A., Marblehead Atkins Philip H., Marblehead Gilbert John G., Marblehead Glass Joseph B., Marblehead, dis- Good win Samuel J., Marblehead Johnson William, Marblehead Morse Thaddeus, Charlestown Rundlett Edward S., Marblehead Sinclair Archibald, Marblehead Stimpson Fred. G., E. Boston Trefry Thomas, Marblehead Tucker Nicholas, 2d, Marblehead Knowland Andrew J. Millett Thomas Swasey George S. Tucker John I. Company H, (Light Infantry), Andover. - 14th Reg. This company was organized May 14, 1861. A standard was presented to them June 22 by the students of Phillips Academy, the presentation speech being made by J. A. Bent, of the senior class, and responded to by Capt. Holt. When the company left Andover, June 24, for Fort Warren, a collation was provided for them at the Town Hall. They were addressed by F. Cogswell, Esq., President of Citizen's Committee of twenty-five, and they were escorted to the cars by the "Havelock Guards," (a company formed by the theological students, for military drill), and by the "Phillips Cadets" (a company formed by the students in Phillips Academy, for military drill), and by a procession of citizens, calling together one of the largest collections of people ever seen in the town. The town paid the members for about sixty days' drill, at 50 cts. each per day, and furnished each with a uniform and general outfit. COMMISSIONED OFFICERS. Captain, HORACE HOLT, Andover. 1st Lieut., CHAS. H. POOR, Andover. Junior 1st Lieut., MOSES W. CLEMENT, Andover, promoted from 2d lieut. Jan. 18, 1862. 2d Lieut., E. W. GUILFORD, Danvers, commissioned Jan. 18, 1862. |